About the conference
This conference will be an occasion to present the main outcomes of the eCF Council project, a three-year EU-funded project implemented in 2015–18 under the Erasmus+ Programme (Sector Skills Alliances).
During three years, the eCF Council consortium has built the eCF Alliance, a transnational network gathering the major players responsible for IT professionals’ enhancement across Europe, namely employers, professional associations, social partners, VET providers, higher education, research centres, regulatory bodies, and SMEs. This, in response to the critical mismatch between ICT skills demand and offer that Europe is suffering both in terms of trainings and geographical distribution of the required competences against the positions available, and to the need to foster ICT professionalism at the European and international level.
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The conference will gather the major players responsible for IT professionals’ enhancement across Europe.
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Conference programme
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:15
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9:15 - 9:25
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9:25 - 9:50
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9:50 - 10:30
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10:30 - 11:30
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11:30 - 11:45
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11:45 - 12:35
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12:35 - 12: 40
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12:40 - 14:00
Registration
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Welcome address by Paolo Vercesi, eCF Council project leader
Welcome address by Pavol Krempasky, Project Manager, EACEA
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IT Professionalism from the perspective of the European Commission
André Richier, Principal Administrator, European Commission, DG GROW
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Update from the CEN/TC 428 and new prospects
Mary Cleary, Deputy Chief Executive, Irish Computer Society
Fabio Massimo, Chairman, CEN and CENELEC
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Panel session: Project results
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ICT Professionalism Transnational Frame
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Vocational Qualification and Certification Standard
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Joint qualification and certification
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Pilots
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Exploitation/sustainability
Moderator: Rocco Defina, eCF Senior Expert,
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano
Presenters: Project partners
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Coffee break
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Panel Session: The eCF and ESCO in practice
Moderator: Austeja Trinkunaite, CEPIS and ITPE Secretary General
Speakers
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Niels van der Linden, Principal Consultant, Capgemini Invent
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Luis Fernandez, Associate professor and EU projects leader, University of Alcalá
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Justina Bieliauskaite, Project Manager, SBS, DIGITAL SME
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Aikaterini Sylla, Team leader in EU employment affairs at Everis
Closing remarks
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Lunch
Speakers
Justina Bieliauskaite
Project Manager, SBS, DIGITAL SME
Mary Cleary
Deputy Chief Executive, Irish Computer Society
Rocco Defina
eCF Senior Expert, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano
Luís Fernández-Sanz
Associate professor and EU projects leader, University of Alcalá
Pavol Krempaský
Project Manager, EACEA
Fabio Massimo
Chairman, CEN and CENELEC
André Richier
Principal Administrator, European Commission, DG GROW
Aikaterini Sylla
Team leader in EU employment affairs at Everis
Austeja Trinkunaite
CEPIS and ITPE Secretary General
Niels van der Linden
Principal Consultant, Capgemini Invent
Paolo Vercesi
VET, Competences and Social Responsibility
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano
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Venue
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Rue de la Science 14B, 1040, Brussels, Belgium
How to get there
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By train and metro
From Brussels Central Station take the Metro lines 1 direction Stockel or 5 direction Herrmann-Debroux and stop at Arts-Loi (Kunst-Wet)
From Brussels South Station (Midi) take Metro lines 2 or 6 direction Elisabeth and stop at Trône (Troon) or Arts-Loi (Kunst-Wet).
By bus
Buses number 27, 34, 38, 64, 80, 95 stop at ‘Science’, 5 mins walk to the venue
Buses number 12, 21, 27, 64 stop at ‘Treves’, 5 mins walk to the venue